Bill
Electoral Legislation Amendment (Modernisation and Other Measures) Bill 2018
passed, as at 2019-03-01. Special Minister of State portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Special Minister of State
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2018-11-29
- second reading — 2018-11-29
- second reading — 2019-02-12
- second reading — 2019-02-12
- third reading — 2019-02-12
- introduced — 2019-02-14
- second reading — 2019-02-14
- second reading — 2019-02-14
- third reading — 2019-02-14
- other — 2019-02-18
- passed — 2019-02-18
- royal assent — 2019-03-01
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2018-11-29.
The bill would remove several measures from Schedule 2 and delete Schedule 3 entirely.
Only measures the Australian Electoral Commission considers critical for the next federal election would be kept.
The deleted measures could be considered by a future parliament.
- Removes measures from Schedule 2 that relate to voting and scrutiny processes.
- Deletes Schedule 3, which dealt with a Redistribution Committee for the Australian Capital Territory.
- Retains measures identified by the Australian Electoral Commission as critical to the next federal election.
The Australian Electoral Commission and voters.
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